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Massie Affair, The

Item Number:

PBS AMEX6708

Price:

$29.99

Format:

DVD

Length:

60 min.

Copyright:

2005

Closed Caption:

n/a

Producer:

PBS

ISBN:

0793690242

UPC:

841887005258

Summary:

In the early years of the 20th century, at a time when the U.S. Navy dominated Hawaii, Americans thought of the islands as a Pacific Paradise. But in 1931, an explosive incident shook the semblance of tranquility and exposed growing racial tensions. The alleged rape of a white woman by a group of Hawaiians led to violence and murder. The Massie affair inflicted a wound on the psyche of the Hawaiian people that has yet to heal.